Well, I for one am sertenly alive and kicking, and have just joined this fine list!
Darren Duff. Assistive Technology Instructor Phone: (678)936-6113 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] msn: [EMAIL PROTECTED] skype ID: duffman31279 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of TJ Olsen Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 5:29 PM To: talk2 Subject: Re: The Talk2 List This list has been dead. I'M alive, or at least i think i am *checks pulse*. Oh yes ok alls good i'm not dead yet, i mean i could end up dead but thats another issue for no other dayoh its 5 27 i am meant to be in the lobby meeting a friend to go to a show in 3 minutes, so i should probably hit alt in combination with the letter s. But not before encouraging you all to listen to my shift on college radio mondays 3-6 am tj ----- Original Message ----- From: "Samuel Proulx" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "talk2" <talk2@AndreLouis.COM> Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 10:11 PM Subject: Re: The Talk2 List This list has been dead. > Just a joke about not asking if my code works. The code is for the > task of validating user input, and trying to catch all the ways a user > could make mistakes, or try and trip up my programming. For example, > think about a form on a website that asks for your first name. The > name can't: > -- contain punctuation other than period and apostrophe > -- contain numbers other than roman numerals > -- be shorter than 2 characters > -- be blank > -- be a space, tab, or other "blank" character > -- be longer than about 25 characters (for a first name) > > Now what if it wants an email? It must: > -- not have spaces > -- include an at symbol > -- include at least one period after the at symbol > -- have at least two letters and no numbers after the last period in > the address > -- not include any international characters or punctuation other than > period, underline, dash, and plus > > And I haven't even started in on countries, dates, etc. Consider that > most websites have hundreds of places where a person could type > something or enter some kind of data (usernames, passwords, search > strings, dates, times, numbers, email addresses, IM addresses, > comments, > etc) . Now consider that every kind of bad data needs a specific error > message for what went wrong so the user knows how he/she screwed up. > That's what I've spent all day doing: checking all forms of user input > on a website I'm writing, and writing error messages for every possible > kind of bad input I could dream up for each kind of data. How long can > a subject be? How short? How long should passwords be? What if > usernames have spaces? What sorts of punctuation can be entered into a > search form? If punctuation is entered into a search form, does an > error need to be shown, or can it just be automatically rremoved, and > the search continue? Must web addresses start with http://? What about > ftp addresses? How long can a web address be? What characters can it > contain? What characters must it contain, and how many? Does any of > that apply to ftp addresses, if ftp addresses are allowed in the first > place? Can comment and other text boxes contain html? What kind of > html? What about JavaScript? As you can see, I am slowly, and ever so > carefully, going completely and irrecoverably insane. Those questions > are all rhetorical by the way; I've answered all the ones I need > answered. Was just throwing out random examples. This public service > announcement has been brought to you by the coalition against writing > your own website from scratch. Thank you for reading, and have a good > night. > Rosie Morales wrote: >> Hi Sam! Yay code! What for? And what does Snoopy have to do with >> anything? I am suddenly happier now. That is all. >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Samuel Proulx" >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "talk2" <talk2@AndreLouis.COM> >> Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 9:31 PM >> Subject: Re: The Talk2 List This list has been dead. >> >> >>> Hi Rosie! Hi Derek!Hi talk2! Hi! >>> I, also, am around. Busy as all hell, but around. Wrote several >>> hundred lines of code today. Go me! What do you mean, "do they >>> work"? Don't ask questions, snoopy. Rosie Morales wrote: >>>> And I'm just saying hi because I haven't written to this list in a >>>> very long time. Although most of you know i'm around. Need I say >>>> that I love college? I think I'm going to update my lj. I feel >>>> inspired. Hi derek! lol >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> *From:* derek Lane <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>> *To:* talk2 <mailto:talk2@AndreLouis.COM> >>>> *Sent:* Monday, January 08, 2007 7:43 PM >>>> *Subject:* The Talk2 List This list has been dead. >>>> >>>> So I just thought you should know that I am back at gwu and that >>>> it's annoying. >>>> Nothing bad mind, just that it's annoying just because I said so, >>>> and break is, for the most part, over. >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Samuel Proulx >>> mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> sip:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> cell phone: 1-416-520-4383 >>> laptop phone: 1-425-606-3231 >>> http://fastfinge.livejournal.com >>> It is far more impressive when others discover your good qualities >>> without your help. >>> >>> >>> >>> Did you miss a message? Well, don't. >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/talk2%40andrelouis.com/ >>> has it for you. Never miss a Talk2 message again. >> >> >> >> Did you miss a message? Well, don't. >> http://www.mail-archive.com/talk2%40andrelouis.com/ >> has it for you. Never miss a Talk2 message again. >> > > > -- > Samuel Proulx > mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > sip:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > cell phone: 1-416-520-4383 > laptop phone: 1-425-606-3231 > http://fastfinge.livejournal.com > Butterflies taste with their feet. > > > > Did you miss a message? Well, don't. > http://www.mail-archive.com/talk2%40andrelouis.com/ > has it for you. Never miss a Talk2 message again. > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.16.7/619 - Release Date: 1/7/2007 > 6:29 PM > > Did you miss a message? Well, don't. http://www.mail-archive.com/talk2%40andrelouis.com/ has it for you. Never miss a Talk2 message again. -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.433 / Virus Database: 268.16.9/622 - Release Date: 1/10/2007 2:52 PM -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. 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